Location accessibility

The library entrance is located on the 3rd floor of the Elizabeth Wirth Music Building and leads immediately to the 3^rd-floor Service Desk. 

• Enter from the Elizabeth Wirth Music Building
  • 527 Sherbrooke St W
    • 2 manual/automatic doors with push-to-open button activation that open outward
  • Staircase located to the right of the entrance
  • Ramp leading to elevators to the left of the entrance. These elevators provide access to the 3^rd-floor library entrance, while the 4^th and 5th floors are accessible only via an internal elevator.
• Doors to the library are secured in an open position during opening hours

• Elevators: 1 internal elevator, 1135 kg capacity
  • Operates between all 3 floors of the library (floors 3-5)
  • Floor indication: visual and audible
    • Visual indications: clear, brightly coloured floor numbers and arrows for up or down direction
    • Audible indications: in both English and French, stating which floor you are on and whether the elevator is going up or down
  • Braille: on all interior elevator buttons and emergency two-way communication system
• Stairs: 1 staircase, 3 flights
  • Slip-resistant surface
  • Handrails on both sides
  • Uniform riser height

• Men’s and women’s washrooms
  • Located on each floor of the library
  • Manual door that pushes inward
  • Narrow stalls
  • No infant change tables
  • No automatic doors
• Gender-inclusive accessible washrooms
  • Located on each floor of the library
  • Manual door with lever handle that opens inward
  • Includes grab bars inside
• Free menstrual products are available in:
  • The women’s washrooms on all floors
  • The Floor 3 gender-inclusive washroom

• Location: Floor 3, in front of the washrooms
  • Approach: unobstructed, sufficient knee clearance for mobility device users
  • Bottle fill station: operated by sensor
  • Drinking fountain: operated by push bars mounted on front and both sides

• Library Service Desk and Reference Desk
  • Height-adjustable standing or sitting desks with toe and knee clearance
• Sound level
  • Talking floor
• Study spaces
  • A variety of workspaces and seating options available including:
    • Single-person couches
    • Standard and counter-height desks, some with partitions
    • Height-adjustable chairs with wheels, some with armrests and others without
• Stacks
  • Materials are shelved on the highest and lowest shelves. The aisles between some stacks are narrow and may not have enough space for people using a mobility device.
• Flooring
  • Mix of rubber and wooden flooring
  • High contrast between floor and walls
• Lighting
  • Natural light from windows  
  • Sensor operated overhead fluorescent lighting
• Equipment
  • Two uPrint stations
  • One guest access computer station at standard height
  • Self-checkout machine
  • Microform reader
  • Scanner
  • Two Yamaha Clavinova Electronic Pianos (stand-alone) with headphones (northwest corner)

• AV Hub
  • Lending of audiovisual equipment and materials
  • Desk with one standard-height station with toe and knee clearance
  • Two counter-height stations without toe and knee clearance
• Sound level
  • Semi-quiet
• Study spaces
  • A variety of workspaces and seating options available, including:
    • Standard and counter-height desks, some with partitions
    • Height-adjustable chairs with wheels, some with armrests and others without
    • Single-person and multiple-person couches
    • A configurable space includes chairs that can be re-positioned
      • These chairs have tables attached, some left-handed and some right-handed
• Stacks
  • Materials are shelved on the highest and lowest shelves. The aisles between some stacks are narrow and may not have enough space for people using a mobility device.
• Flooring
  • Rubber flooring
  • High contrast between floor and walls
• Lighting
  • Natural light from windows
  • Sensor-operated overhead fluorescent lighting
• Equipment
  • One uPrint station
  • Stations with LP players, DVD and CD players
• Additional spaces
  • Two seminar rooms
    • Manual doors that open inward with lever handle. Second door that opens inward with push plate.
    • Include the following equipment:
      • Cassette player
      • CD player
      • Document camera
      • DVD player
      • Laptop stereo connection
      • Laser disc player
      • Smart panel
      • Turntable
      • VHS player
      • Multi-media projector
      • Acoustic and/or electronic pianos
  • Audiovisual Archives (by appointment only)
  • Graduate study room

• Sound level
  • Quiet study
• Study spaces
  • A variety of workspaces and seating options available, including:
    • Standard and counter-height desks, some with partitions
    • Height-adjustable chairs with wheels, some with armrests and others without
    • Single-person and multiple-person couches
• Stacks
  • Materials are shelved on the highest and lowest shelves. The aisles between some stacks are narrow and may not have enough space for people using a mobility device.
• Flooring
  • Rubber flooring
  • High contrast between floor and walls
• Lighting
  • Natural light from windows
  • Sensor-operated overhead fluorescent lighting
• Equipment
  • One uPrint station
• Additional spaces
  • Two seminar rooms
    • Manual doors that open inward with lever handle. Second door that opens inward with push plate.
    • Include the following equipment:
      • Cassette player
      • CD player
      • Document camera
      • DVD player
      • Laptop stereo connection
      • Laser disc player
      • Smart panel
      • Turntable
      • VHS player
      • Multi-media projector
      • Acoustic and/or electronic pianos
  • Music Student Computer Room
    • Access prioritized for students in Music
    • Twelve stations with piano keyboards, nine of which include desktop computers (PC and Mac)
      • Computers provide access to specialized music software programs
  • Graduate study room